Children's committee green lights gun look-alike bill

By Hugh McQuaid

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Last year, unsuccessful legislation banning look alike guns near schools prompted months of Freedom of Information litigation against a lawmaker by a gun rights advocacy group. On Thursday, the Children's Committee approved the concept again, this time amidst a renewed debate on gun control.

Rep. Diana Urban has proposed legislation for the last two years, which would prohibit facsimile weapons--model guns that can be rendered virtually indistinguishable from real firearms--within a certain proximity of schools. This year's bill passed the Children's Committee 9-2.